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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. --- The Portland Pilots men's and women's cross country teams capped their successful seasons on Saturday morning with a solid performance at the 2016 NCAA Cross Country Championships, which were held at the LaVern Gibson Championships Cross Country Course on a windy and cold Saturday morning.
 
The Portland men finished 13th overall among the elite field, while the women placed 22nd in their first ever team appearance at the NCAA's.
 
Junior Lauren LaRocco claimed All-American honors for the Pilots, placing 29th individually. Portland, which entered the day ranked 14th nationally, finished 22nd overall with 509 points.

A two-time All-American on the track, LaRocco covered the 6k course in a time of 20:17.8. Seniors Anne Luijten and Anna Farello followed LaRocco, finishing 111^th (20:53.2) and 124^th (20:56.1), with sophomore Taryn Rawlings was close behind finishing 147^th (21:02.9). Junior Mathilde Sagnes (22:04.0) concluded the scoring for the Pilots.

"The team did a very nice job in very tough conditions," said head coach Ian Solof. "This group made history this season and I'm proud of everything they did including finishing as the 22nd best team in the nation."
 
Ninth-ranked Portland, who were making their 17^th overall appearance at the championships, combined for a team score of 368 points. The top-15 placing matches the program's eighth best finish ever at the NCAA's.
Graduate transfer Brady Johnson, who spent some time with the lead pack, led the Pilots by finishing 69^th (30:41.0), and junior Jeff Thies was one spot back in 70^th (30:41.5). Tim Ball and Stephen Mulherin finished close behind, crossing the line 81^st (30:45.8) and 91^st (30:49.5), and Danny Martinez was Portland's fifth finisher and placed 150^th (31:14.8).
 
"The team ran tough under very difficult conditions," said head coach Rob Conner. "Although 13^th is not the team finish we were hoping for, it was a very good result in the densest national meet I have ever seen. Brady and Jeff did a fantastic job and finished only 14 seconds from the final All-American spot. Tim and Stephen were only a few seconds back. We had an excellent four second split from our first to our fourth man which was amazing. Danny, Timo, and Hauger did a good job of battling, but they were 29 seconds back which ultimately hurt us a bit. At the end of the day, we got a great effort from all seven guys. they did their best. Hats off to those teams that beat us. They were just a little better today. For the last six months these guys have given me everything I could ask for in hard work and dedication. I am very proud of their commitment to the process."
  
NCAA XC Championships
LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
Nov. 19, 2016
 
Women's Results – 6K
1. Oregon 125, 2. Michigan 126, 3. Colorado 134, 4. NC State 223, 5. Stanford 255, 6. San Francisco 307, 7. New Mexico 310, 8. Michigan State 314, 9. Eastern Michigan 316, 10. BYU 328, 11. Notre Dame 338, 12. Washington 352, 13. Providence 399, 14. Wisconsin 451, 15. Miss State 459*, 16. Missouri 459*, 17. Oklahoma State 465*, 18. Penn State 465*, 19. Arkansas 476, 20. Utah 493, 21. Villanova 505, 22. Portland 509, 23. Mississippi 514, 24. Penn 520, 25. Air Force 527, 26. Harvard 551, 27. Baylor 586, 28. UCLA 596, 29. Iowa State 608, 30. Yale 661, 31. Louisville 788 
 
Portland Women's Individuals
29. LAROCCO, Lauren (20:17.8); 111. LUIJTEN, Anne (20:53.2); 124. FARELLO, Anna (20:56.1); 147. RAWLINGS, Taryn (21:02.9); 226. SAGNES, Mathilde (22:04.0); 236. COX, Courtney (22:23.7); 244. MCCONNOCHIE, Grace (22:55.8)
Men's Results – 10K
1 Northern Arizona 125, 2. Stanford 158, 3. Syracuse 164, 4. Mississippi 196, 5. Arkansas 206, 6. Colorado 223, 7. BYU 247, 8. Wisconsin 256, 9. Oregon 282, 10. Iona 319, 11. Tulsa 340, 12. Oklahoma State 363, 13. Portland 368, 14. Washington St. 370, 15. UCLA 378, 16. Iowa State 384, 17. Colorado St. 388, 18. Virginia 476, 19. Boise State 478, 20. Michigan State 504, 21. Georgetown 534, 22. NC State 543, 23. Illinois 564, 24. Providence 611, 25. Dartmouth 621, 26. Navy 622, 27. Southern Utah 629, 28. Mid. Tenn. State 697, 29. UTEP 707, 30. Texas 736, 31. California 776 '
Portland Men's Individuals
69. JOHNSON, Brady (30:41.0); 70. THIES, Jeff (30:41.5); 81. BALL, Tim (30:45.8); 91. MULHERIN, Stephen (30:49.5); 150. MARTINEZ, Danny (31:14.8); 153. GOEHLER, Timo (31:16.6); 154. HAUGER, Nick (31:17.4)